Start/Finish Map

After conquering the course, join us as we celebrate your accomplishments in the Festival Village. Recharge at the rebel warm down zone with a stretching session, enjoy live entertainment, delicious food and cold refreshments.

Course Details

The SMH Half Marathon is a distance of 21.1 km's, the start is located on College Street, adjacent to St Mary's Cathedral and the finish line is located at Hyde Park North. The relay event is made up of two legs, the first leg is 11.5km and the second 9.5km and starts from St James Road.

Join Our Green Initiative

To reduce the amount of single use cups used during the weekend, we encourage participants to bring your own water bottle. You can top up in the start area, on course at our drink stations and in the finish area. Participants can still grab, rehydrate and drop our recyclable, disposable cups along the course too. We are also introducing the use of reusable cups in our finish area. Please dispose of the cups in the special bins provided to ensure they are recycled!

Traffic & Transport

Road closures and diversions will be in place to ensure the safety of runners and the non-event community. Participants are advised to plan their trip prior to leaving home.

Where can I leave my gear?

A gear drop service will be available on race day, please see below for further details regarding this service. See-through bags can be collected at the Expo if you wish to pre-pack your gear prior to event day, this is a bag pick up. Please see below for Relay gear drop information.

Drop-off location

Opening Time

Closing Time

Pick-up location

Hyde Park North

5:45am

11:00am

Hyde Park North

How does gear drop work?

You will be given a see-through bag at the gear drop area

Write your bib number on the outside of the bag with the markers provided

Only individual items may be placed within the bag, such as a change of clothes, lightweight jacket, water bottle, post-race snacks

No personal bags of any description (backpacks, purses, handbags) will be accepted

Show your bib when leaving your bag with the gear drop volunteers

After your run you will be asked again to show your bib to collect your bag

Do not leave any valuables such as wallets, keys or phones with the gear drop service. Event staff will take care of your belongings, but no responsibility will be taken for lost or damaged items.

Clothing and bags left anywhere but at the gear drop location will NOT be available for collection upon finishing the race.

Relay Gear Information

A designated gear holding area will be available at relay transition for Runner 2 to drop their gear until Runner 1 arrives. Please note, gear will not be returned to the finish from this transition point.Alternatively Runner 2 can give their belongings to Runner 1 for them to drop at the Gear Drop/Collection point prior to race start. Runner 2 can then collect it from the Gear Drop/Collection point upon completion of the race.

Raising Money

The SMH Half Marathon aims to help raise $1,000,000 in 2018 for more than 900 charities. You can contribute to this fantastic effort by clicking below.